Chavara (State Assembly constituency)

Chavara state assembly constituency is a legislative assembly constituency in Kollam district of Kerala, India. It is one among the 11 assembly constituencies in Kollam district.[1]

117 Chavara ചവറ
Constituency for the Kerala Niyamasabha
Chavara coast as seen from Kovilthottam lighthouse
Existence	1977–present
Reservation	None
Electorate	1,75,280 (2016)
Current MLA	Vacant
District	Kollam

Structure

As per the recent changes on assembly constituency delimitations, the Chavara assembly constituency consists of the 7 wards from Kollam Municipal Corporation (Maruthadi, Sakthikulangara, Meenathuchery, Kavanad, Vallikeezhu, Cutchery, Kaikulangara) and 5 neighbouring panchayaths including Chavara, Neendakara, Panmana, Chavara Thekkumbhagom and Thevalakkara.[2][3]

Electoral History

Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly Elections

Year	Winner	Party	Vote Margin	Coalition
1951	N. Sreekantan Nair	RSP	8,181	NA[4]
1954	Baby John	RSP	2,175	NA[5]

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:

Key

  RSP  

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party		Tenure
1977	5th	Baby John	RSP		1977 – 1980
1980	6th				1980 – 1982
1982	7th				1982 – 1987
1987	8th				1987 – 1991
1991	9th				1991 – 1996
1996	10th				1996 – 2001
2001	11th	Shibu Baby John	KRSP(B)		2001 – 2006
2006	12th	N. K. Premchandran	RSP		2006 – 2011
2011	13th	Shibu Baby John	KRSP(B)		2011 – 2016
2016	14th	N. Vijayan Pillai	CMP(A)		2016 – 2020[lower-alpha 1]

• KRSP(B) is a splinter group of RSP.

• CMP(A) later merged with CPI(M).

Election results

Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,75,916 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[6]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Chavara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CMP(KSC)	N. Vijayan Pillai	64,666	46.80
	RSP	Shibu Baby John	58,477	42.32	4.02
	BJP	M. Sunil	10,276	7.44	5.85
	PDP	Shahul Thengumthara	1,439	1.04	-
	SDPI	Ansar Thevalakkara	1,106	0.80
	NOTA	None of the above	667	0.48
	Independent	Shibu	427	0.31
	BSP	Thevalakkara Manoj	403	0.29
	Independent	Abu Muhammed	228	0.16
	Independent	Anillumar Kallambalam	162	0.12
	Independent	Chellapan	121	0.09
	SHS	V. Subash	427	0.31
	Independent	Karamkode Balakrishnan	93	0.07
Margin of victory			6,189	4.48
Turnout			1,38,186	78.55	1.04
	CMP(KSC) gain from RSP(B)		Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,59,655 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[7]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Chavara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KRSP(B)	Shibu Baby John	65,002	51.16
	RSP	N.K PREMACHANDRAN	58941	46.80	7.07
	BJP	Nalini Sankaramangalam	2,028	1.59
	Independent	Maniyan G.	567	0.45	-
	BSP	V. Varadharajan	532	0.42	4.48
Margin of victory			6,061	4.77
Turnout			1,27,068	79.59
	KRSP(B) gain from RSP		Swing

Notes

1. Bypolls to the vacancy caused by MLA's death stands cancelled as per ECI.

References

1. "CONSTITUENCIES IN KERALA". Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
2. "ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES AND THEIR EXTENT - Kerala" (PDF). Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
3. "Constituencies - Kollam District". Chief Electoral Officer - Kerala. Archived from the original on 1 August 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
4. "Election to the Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly-1951 and to the Madras Assembly Constituencies in the Malabar Area". Government of Kerala. p. 37. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
5. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1954 to the Legislative Assembly of Travancore-Cochin" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 37. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
6. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
7. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.